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The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Anyone else just skimming the war stuff at this point? I get it, y’all are fighting 😭 RIP you and you and you and also RIP me
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien
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hii everyone
this is honestly really random but I just really need a book series (yes it has to be series heh) right now that has an ending so genuinely heartwarming that I’ll never be able to stop thinking about it
but I need it to be something where the characters actually suffer and go through really hard times but they manage to overcome all of that in the end and truly find happiness because idk that’s just something I find so motivating (I would really love something dystopian that reflects our state of the world right now (sighhh) because well, escapism)
and a romance side plot (hheheh) would definitely also be something I want (just no spice pls 😢) along with found family because there’s nothing more heartwarming than found family
I feel myself going into a massive book slump for some reason and I really need something like this to pull me out of it before it gets too bad
tysmmm in advance 💗
eruwen commented on eruwen's review of Female Fantasy
DNF @ 25% 😔
I found this book through the Sourcebooks Summer of Swoon quest and was excited to read it, the concept sounded really interesting! But alas, the execution fell flat for me.
I loved the author's note about reading romance and how this book is meant to be a love letter to romance and romance readers. Unfortunately to me it felt more like a hate letter to other things. There were so many preachy lectures, dripping with disdain and contempt for certain things and groups of people. Not a fan.
The FMC is meant to be this witty, cool person but it felt incredibly forced. She felt incredibly judgy, and was blaming everyone and everything for, well, everything. Zero accountability - though, of course, it's possible that this changes later on in the story as part of her character arc.
The addition of the FMC's favorite romantasy book felt weird to me, it didn't really seem to be connected to the actual story. It got annoying, especially since every other chapter is a chapter from this book. And because it's a book within a book, it felt clunky and lacked any kind of depth, in my opinion.
To be clear: I agree with the author's stance on romance and romance readers, but to me this book felt like a missed opportunity in truly praising the genre.
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard
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A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
Marie Brennan
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A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
Marie Brennan
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DNF @ 25% 😔
I found this book through the Sourcebooks Summer of Swoon quest and was excited to read it, the concept sounded really interesting! But alas, the execution fell flat for me.
I loved the author's note about reading romance and how this book is meant to be a love letter to romance and romance readers. Unfortunately to me it felt more like a hate letter to other things. There were so many preachy lectures, dripping with disdain and contempt for certain things and groups of people. Not a fan.
The FMC is meant to be this witty, cool person but it felt incredibly forced. She felt incredibly judgy, and was blaming everyone and everything for, well, everything. Zero accountability - though, of course, it's possible that this changes later on in the story as part of her character arc.
The addition of the FMC's favorite romantasy book felt weird to me, it didn't really seem to be connected to the actual story. It got annoying, especially since every other chapter is a chapter from this book. And because it's a book within a book, it felt clunky and lacked any kind of depth, in my opinion.
To be clear: I agree with the author's stance on romance and romance readers, but to me this book felt like a missed opportunity in truly praising the genre.
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Female Fantasy
Iman Hariri-Kia
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After finishing Story of My Life by Lucy Score… I can’t lie, it’s giving this belongs here. 👀💕
BUT I don’t want to build this list alone…
💌 I’m opening the floor for suggestions + additions! Drop the book you think deserves a spot in this quest.
A few quick guidelines: • 📚 One comment per book (so we can keep things clean + easy to track) • ❤️ If you’ve read a suggestion and loved it, heart or reply to that comment, I’ll be using that to gauge what truly fits the quest • 🔁 I may add books from a series… but not always the full series (you know how some just hit different)
Let’s build something good together 🫶✨
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
J.R.R. Tolkien